Button fastener



.June 28, 1938. G. LYLE BUTTON FASTENER Filed Dec. 15, 1957 Inventor ay Cz Attorneys Patented June 28, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ZlClaims.

My invention relates to improvements in button fasteners of the pin attached type.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a button retention means of this type which may be easily attached to and detached from articles of wearing apparel.

Another object of the invention is to standardize button anchoring and attaching means therefor,'whereby to expediate mass production and facilitate assembling.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fastener fashioned from a single length of wire. one end of which is bent to form a hook, and the other end being bent to form a keeper adapted to receive the hook. In practice the hook is secured by suitable means to a conventional type of button, the whole device being adapted to be quickly fastened on a garment to temporarily serve as an emergency button.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a button pin fastener embodying an anchor ing member to be secured to a garment. and a conventional type of button having the aforementioned pin fastener secured thereto, said pin fastener being detachably attached to the aforementioned anchoring member.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a device which is characterized by its simplicity, durability, and in its inexpensiveness to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

With the foregoing in view the invention re sides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the anchoring member stitched to a fragmentary portion of the garment.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a conventional type button showing the pin fastener applied, and constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention and Figure 3 is a sectional view through the gar- -ment and fastening means showing the complete assembly.

In the drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, reference will be first made to Fig. 1 of the drawing. The numeral 4 designates a garment of fabric to which is applied the button anchoring unit or member designated by the numeral 5, and consists of a circular disc 6 which is provided with av plurality of apertures 1 to accord stitching 8 for securing the button anchoring means 5 to the fabric. The button anchoring means 5 is provided with a centralized boss 9 and is provided with a bore as at III.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing I have illustrated the pin fastening means designated by the numeral II, which consists of a cruciform brace l2, and has a ring like member l3 which is formed from a single length of wire. The cruciform brace i2 10 includes a stabilizing rod M which is shown welded or otherwise secured as at l5. The other member of the brace forming part of the stabilizing means terminates in a snap pin it, while the other end is bent to form a keeper hook H to re- 1 ceive the snap pin I6 for holding the assembly against displacement. The cruciform brace I2 is stitched to the button designated by the letter B by stitching asat l8.

In the operation of the device the respective 20 units are applied to the fabric and buttoned as above described, and the button B, carrying the pin fastening means H is secured to the button anchoring means 5 by inserting the snap pin l6 through the bore l0, after which the snap pin 25 I6 is snapped into the keeper hook H to hold the button on the fabric 4. If desirable the pin fastening means It may be used in the conventional manner by merely inserting the snap l6 through the garment to serve as an emergency button.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have produced a. device in the nature of a standardized button anchoring and attaching means which may be easily attached and detached, to a garment to temporarily serve as an emergency 36 button.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection 46 with the drawing. Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Since excellent results are obtainable from the details disclosed, they are preferably followed. However, within the scope of the invention as claimed numerous modifications may of course be made,

What is claimed is:--

1. In combination, a button, a fastener for the button embodying an integral body provided for 5( detachable engagement with said button, together with an integral projecting prong, and a keeper element with which the pointed end of said prong is engageable, and an attaching member provided with openings for the detachable se- 55 ing pin.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a centrally apertured button, a wire frame disposed against a surface of the button and surrounding the aperture, said frame including a cruciform brace having an annulus and a central stabilizing rod welded to said annulus, a resilient U-shaped fastening member formed on said frame, and terminating in a snap pin, and the opposite end of said fastening member being bent to form a keeper hook diametrically opposed and adapted for engaging the free end of the pin, and having means to accommodate stitching for mounting the frame on the button.

GEORGIA LYLE. 

